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New Brunswick’s health minister says the province is a “natural choice” for Quebec physicians, who have been embroiled in a months-long labour dispute.
Health minister says N.B. ‘a natural choice’ for Quebec physicians looking for work elsewhere
Savannah Awde · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 30, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago
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Health Minister John Dornan said talks with New Brunswick doctors about remuneration have been progressing well. (Tara King-Stewart/CBC)
An increasingly heated labour dispute in Quebec could be good news for New Brunswick’s physician recruitment efforts.
The François Legault government has been at odds with doctors over compensation for months, and drew renewed anger this weekend as it passed a bill in the Quebec National Assembly to force a compensation agreement doctors oppose.
As the conflict intensifies, New Brunswick is seeing significantly more interest from Quebec physicians.
The New Brunswick College of Physicians and Surgeons said it typically receives three or four licence applications from Quebec each month.
But that number rose significantly in October.
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